Ciencia, Investigación y Premios
Advancing vascular health through research, collaboration, and patient partnership
The Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures supports research and innovation that can improve the lives of people affected by vascular disease.
We fund promising research, partner with investigators and patients to address important gaps in vascular health, support the development of the next generation of physician-scientists, and convene leaders from across healthcare, research, industry, and the patient community to accelerate progress.
Across this work, we prioritize research that is patient-centered, collaborative, and positioned to translate new knowledge into better prevention, care, and outcomes.
How We Advance Vascular Research
Fund
We invest in promising research and emerging investigators working to improve the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and understanding of vascular disease.
Partner
We work with researchers, patients, caregivers, and other stakeholders to identify unanswered questions and develop research that reflects the needs and experiences of people affected by vascular disease.
Develop
We support early-career physician-scientists and medical trainees to help build the next generation of leaders in vascular research and patient-centered care.
Convene
We bring together patients, clinicians, researchers, funders, industry, and other leaders to identify shared priorities, build collaborations, and accelerate solutions to unmet needs in vascular health.
Vascular disease affects millions of people, yet significant gaps remain in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, access to care, and the evidence needed to improve outcomes.
Vascular Cures focuses on areas where research, collaboration, and patient insight can help address those gaps.
Research Priorities
Our priorities include:
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Patient-centered research that incorporates the experiences, priorities, and needs of patients and caregivers
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Emerging and underexplored areas of vascular health where new evidence has the potential to improve care
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Prevention and implementation research that helps translate knowledge into practical approaches for communities and healthcare settings
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Health equity and access to better understand and address disparities in vascular health
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Early-career investigator development to strengthen the future vascular research workforce
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Patient and community engagement that ensures research questions and outcomes reflect what matters to the people affected
Research Funding Opportunities
Vascular Cures has supported innovative vascular research and emerging investigators for more than four decades.
Wylie Scholar Award
Supporting promising young vascular surgeon-scientists as they establish independent research careers.
Collaborative Patient-Centered Research
Supporting research partnerships that bring patients, clinicians, and investigators together around important unanswered questions in vascular health.
Learn more about Collaborative Patient-Centered Research
Medical Student Opportunities
Providing medical students with opportunities to participate in vascular research, prevention, community outreach, and professional development.
Learn more about getting involved in CHAMPIONS Research.
Select Research Projects
Wylie Scholar Award 2025
Sara “Mimi” Gaines, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery
Associate Program Director, General Surgery
Wylie Research Focus:
The role of microbial uremic toxins on endothelial and smooth muscle cell regulation of neointimal formation in arteriovenous fistulas
Date Awarded:
2025
Frederick M. Binkley Award 2025
2025 CPCR Awardees
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Ron Renzi, DPM, Principal Investigator
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Paul J. DiMuzio, MD
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Neva White, MD
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Huanmei Wu, MD
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Susan VonNessen-Scanlin, MD
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Olamide Alabi, MD
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Carl Yang, MD
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Julia Glaser, MD
Research Focus:
Piloting a multi-state leg amputation analysis to target interventions addressing PAD/CLTI
Date Awarded:
March 2025
Frederick M. Binkley Award 2024
Katharine McGinigle, MD, MPH
Surgical Director of ERAS
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of North Carolina
Binkley Research Focus:
Developing a Flexible Statistical Framework to Accelerate Data-Driven Treatment Algorithms for Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
Date Awarded:
March 2024
Convening for Innovation
Our Vascular Health Innovation Summits are one-day gatherings of experts from across disciplines and backgrounds to discuss emerging science and innovation that has the potential to change patient lives in the near term. Patients and caregivers are always part of the conversations. Our Summits are held about once a year.
Want to be part of the change?
Our summits are by invitation only.
Please contact us at grants@vascularcures.org to learn more about getting involved.
Together, We Can
Change Lives.
Your support fuels research, education, and hope for a healthier tomorrow.